We entertained a small group on New Year's Eve, and it was a lot of fun. We watched the local 9pm fireworks from our balcony, and then we had an hour or so playing Celebrity Heads - which ensured all us "seniors" stayed awake long enough to get to midnight, when we popped the champagne, kissed each … Continue reading Is the end of the world nigh?
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Working & Playing on Crete, Summer 1979
As I mentioned in the previous post Maria and I would usually go to the Disco O La La after lingering over a long dinner at a local taverna. The disco would go until the early hours of the morning, and occasionally a group of us would then wander down to the beach and wait for … Continue reading Working & Playing on Crete, Summer 1979
Cruising to Crete
Kalimera. Ti kánete? Eisai kala? JUNE 1979 This must have been the first phrase I heard among my fellow passengers when I disembarked the charter plane in Athens, even though it would be a week or more before I began to use it myself in conversation. Greece was my next port of call after leaving … Continue reading Cruising to Crete
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 